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Mather's Hat Trick Propels Bullies Over Chiefs 5-3

March 26, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies News Release


Atlantic City, NJ – Shawn Mather notched his first hat-trick in a Bullies uniform against his former club and Atlantic City used a season-high four-goal third period to defeat the Johnstown Chiefs 5-3 before 1899 at Historic Boardwalk Hall in ECHL action Saturday. The win coupled with Reading's loss at Trenton brings the Bullies back to within one point of the Royals for first place in the North Division.

Jason Notermann opened the scoring for the Bullies (37-21-8) at 14:49 of the first period when he slammed home Dave Reid's rebound past Johnstown goaltender Mark Scally for a 1-0 lead.

Johnstown (20-32-14) would counter with a pair of goals in the second period. Matt Reid netted the equalizer at 11:37 when he took a cross-ice feed from Dmitri Tarabrin and beat Bullies goaltender Trevor Koenig along the ice to tie the game at 1-1. The Chiefs took their first lead of the night with a power play goal at 17:06. Tarabrin collected Joe Tallari's rebound in the slot and snapped the puck past Koenig to give Johnstown a 2-1 advantage.

Mather began of flurry of goals in the third period when he netted the equalizer at 4:13, collecting Fraser Clair's rebound to the left of the net and slapping the puck past Scally to tie the game at 2-2. Mather reclaimed the lead for Atlantic City when again he found his way to Dave Reid's rebound at the side of the cage and lifted the puck over Scally at 13:07 to give the Bullies a 3-2 edge. But Johnstown would quickly counter 35 seconds later when Brent Kelly fed a pass across ice to an open Brian Collins at the left-wing on a two-on-one and Collins slipped the puck behind Koenig at 13:42 to tie the game at 3-3. Dustan Heintz netted the go-ahead and eventual game-winning goal 2:30 seconds afterwards when on a terrific individual effort behind the cage, he slipped a backhander of Scally's pads and into the net at 16:12 to give the Bullies a 4-3 lead. Mather completed the hat-trick at 16:40 to finish the scoring.

Atlantic City out-shot Johnstown 38-24. Koenig stopped 21 shots to improve to 24-12-4 on the season. The Bullies went 0-2 on the power play.

Atlantic City continues their Easter Weekend series with the Johnstown Chiefs at 2:05PM Sunday. Every Sunday home game is "Kids Day". All kids 12-and-under get in for just $1 with the purchase of a $15 Adult Premier ticket. Stick around after the game and join your favorite Bullies on the ice for the final post-game skate of the season. For more information or to order tickets, call (609) 348-PUCK.

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